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	<title>LAW OF THE LAND</title>
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	<description>A blog on land use law and zoning</description>
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		<title>Petition Pending for Reconsideration of New FCC Rules Setting Timeframes for Governments to Act on Wireless Tower Siting Applications Under TCA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a 5-0 decision, the Federal Communications Commission (&#8220;FCC&#8221;) issued new rules, effective November 18, 2009, establishing deadlines for state and local zoning governments to act on wireless tower siting with respect to applications involving personal wireless services covered by Section 332(c)(7) of the Telecommunications Act. That section &#8220;includes commercial mobile service, unlicensed wireless service [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3139&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/petition-pending-for-reconsideration-of-new-fcc-rules-setting-timeframes-for-governments-to-act-on-wireless-tower-siting-applications-under-tca/</link>
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		<title>Text Amendment Allowing B&amp;B Inn to Run Restaurant Was Illegal Spot Zoning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fairview Inn is located in an historic district in an area zoned R-2 residential and it borders commercial properties. At the time this dispute arose, the Inn was operating as a “Bed and Breakfast Inn, Class B,” defined as an owner-occupied dwelling a portion of which is available for short-term lodging, and receptions or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3110&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/text-amendment-allowing-bb-inn-to-run-restaurant-was-illegal-spot-zoning/</link>
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		<title>Ban on Commercial Wind Farm Upheld Based on Aesthetics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After being contacted by a wind farm company that was interested in building wind farms in the county, the zoning administrator notified the Board (the county did not have any zoning regulations regarding wind farms at the time of the contact).  The Board then “passed a temporary moratorium” to accept applications for conditional use permits [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3116&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/ban-on-commercial-wind-farm-upheld-based-on-aesthetics/</link>
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		<title>Dismissal of Fair Housing Act Claim Upheld as Plaintiffs Fail to Show Denial of Building Permits was Either Pretextual or had Discriminatory Effect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Artisan/American” proposed two developments, each with 36 residential rental units, to be built in the City of Alvin.  The City’s Hispanic population is estimated at between 28% and 45% of all residents. The City opposed the developer’s application for state housing tax credits, and submitted resolutions stating that the City already had a greater proportion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3100&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/dismissal-of-fair-housing-act-claim-upheld-as-plaintiffs-fail-to-show-denial-of-building-permits-was-either-pretextual-or-had-discriminatory-effect/</link>
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		<title>No Prohibited Conflict of Interest for Commission Chair Who Was Employed by the Municipality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiffs appealed a decision of the town of Deep River planning and zoning commission (PZC) that granted a special exemption application allowing co-defendant Haynes to excavate/quarry gravel on property owned by Incarnation.  After public hearings, the PZC voted unanimously to approve the plan for an initial period of three years.  Plaintiffs claim that participation of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3084&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/no-prohibited-conflict-of-interest-for-commission-chair-who-was-employed-by-the-municipality/</link>
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		<title>Zoning Board’s Denial of Variance and Special Use Permit Constituted a Final Denial Under the Telecommunications Act Even Where Limited State Court Review Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Omnipoint Holdings, a wireless carrier and T-Mobile’s wholly-owned subsidiary, sought to build a wireless communications tower in Cranston, Rhode Island, to remedy a significant gap it found in coverage.  The proposed 90-foot tower, disguised as a flagpole, was not in conformance with the City’s zoning ordinances because, given its height, it was too close to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3098&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/zoning-board%e2%80%99s-denial-of-variance-and-special-use-permit-constituted-a-final-denial-under-the-telecommunications-act-even-where-limited-state-court-review-available/</link>
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		<title>Federal District Court Affirms RLUIPA Does Not Apply to Eminent Domain and that Four Year Statute of Limitations Does Apply to RLUIPA Claims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2001, Congregation Adas Yerim a religious organization, sought to build a religious complex (a religious school and residential units) on undeveloped property it owned that was zoned for manufacturing use. The Congregation applied for a special use permit at around the same time that the Sanitation Department of the City of New York had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3093&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/federal-district-court-affirms-rluipa-does-not-apply-to-eminent-domain-and-that-four-year-statute-of-limitations-does-apply-to-rluipa-claims/</link>
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		<title>Another Twist in the New York Atlantic Yards Saga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After last month&#8217;s eminent domain decision in favor of Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner, everything finally seemed to be in place for groundbreaking. The Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation (BALDC), was created by ESDC as a private entity to issue bonds for the project. As a private entity, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3112&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/another-twist-in-the-new-york-atlantic-yards-saga/</link>
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		<title>Appeals Court Holds Use of Eminent Domain for Expansion of Private University Unconstitutional</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a case of first impression, an appeals court in New York dealt a blow to the expansion plans of Columbia University which include the use of eminent domain to acquire the last batch of properties in the project footprint.  Proposed in 2003, the project will expand the University’s 36-acre campus by building an additional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3103&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/appeals-court-holds-use-of-eminent-domain-for-expansion-of-private-university-unconstitutional/</link>
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		<title>Fuel Oil Delivery Business out of Residence Violates City Code</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An appeals court upheld the City’s determination that the petitioner was conducting a fuel oil delivery business at her residence in violation of the City Code. The Court found that the determination of the zoning board of appeals was not arbitrary and capricious as there was ample evidence in the record to support their conclusion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lawoftheland.wordpress.com&blog=1446624&post=3089&subd=lawoftheland&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/fuel-oil-delivery-business-out-of-residence-violates-city-code/</link>
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